Moreover, Apple owning the access to the device-hardware AND to the data those models would need to create value for an Apple-user makes the company even more robust.

They could manage years of AI-missteps while cultivating their AI "marketplace", which allows the user to select a RevShare'd third party AI if (and only if) Apple cannot serve the request.

It would keep them afloat in the AI-space no matter how far they are behind, as long as the iPhone remains the dominant consumer mobile device.

The only risks are a paradigm shift in mobile devices, and the EU which clearly noticed that they operate multiple uneven digital markets within their ecosystem...

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bigyabai 5 days ago | parent [-]

"The only risks" lol. Tim Cook thought those were the only risks to the App Store too, now look where he is. You lack imagination.

What if [Japan|EU|US DOJ|South Korea] passes a law preventing OEMs from claiming user data as their property? If Apple really tries to go down the road of squeezing pre-juiced lemons like this, I think they're going to be called out for stifling competition and real innovation.

	▲	ericmay 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Go further - what if those entities pass laws preventing Meta, or Google from claiming user data as their property? Or even the AI companies that are siphoning content from the web.
	▲	rickdeckard 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		True, I should have framed it wider: "If any of those anti-competitive shenanigans are identified as what they are"